President Trump was inevitably blamed for the violence and was even castigated for taking too long to condemn it. The apparently insufficient condemnation was so infuriating to journalists that they used the president’s reaction to the London Bridge jihadi attack to revive their fury over Portland.

Meanwhile, many of these same folks in media and politics are now strongly urging all Americans to not politicize an avowed leftist trying to assassinate Republican politicians. Suddenly the people who whip up outrage any time a story pops out that fits their narratives transformed themselves into simply wanting social harmony and decency after an attack — a response we usually only see after Islamic terror.

It’s remarkable we see these responses such a short time after the media politicized Jeremy Christian’s act of violence, which had, at best, tenuous political motives.

In spite of the protestations that journalists and pundits urged restraint because they worry about the country’s toxic political climate, the real reason is that they have been pushing the narratives that likely shaped the shooter’s worldview.

Left-wing media has pushed the story that Trump somehow sold the nation to Vladimir Putin. They’ve called the president a fascist and compared Republican lawmakers to Nazi collaborators. Major outlets have repeated over and over again that there’s a wave of hate crimes engulfing the country and placed the blame for that phenomenon on Trump.

Journalists have cheered on aggressive townhall demonstrators who show up and scream at Republican lawmakers, instantly turning these folks into internet heroes. There were also prominent voices who legitimized political violence against supposed “Nazis,” which invited everyone to dive down the slippery slope and define everyone on the Right as a descendant of Hitler. (RELATED: The Left’s Embrace Of Political Violence Backfires In Berkeley)

It’s similar to how the media has refused to show any contrition for promoting a whole host of fake hate crime hoaxes in order to attack Trump. Notorious examples of that attitude are the bomb threats and vandalism directed at Jewish community centers this year.

Without any shred of evidence to connect Trump to these actions, nearly every powerful outlet made that dubious connection and demanded a strong condemnation from the president. Eventually, it turned Trump and his supporters had nothing to do with these anti-Semitic acts, and the only two individuals charged for the bomb threats are a left-wing failure at journalism and an Israeli teen.

However, there were no apologies from prominent journalists for pushing the narrative that Trump was inspiring anti-Semitic intimidation.

The demands that no one politicize an obviously political attack is another sign the establishment media is operating as an institution serving its own interests. The media wants to bring down Trump and push a progressive agenda. An anti-Republican shooting trips them up, but a stabbing they can blame on Islamophobia and right-wingers moves the agenda forward.

America has a toxic political climate due to many factors, and one powerful element is the establishment media. It’s all but guaranteed that after a few days of declaring we’re all Americans now and this is no time to push politics, they’ll find a tragic story or violent act to browbeat Republicans with.

We should’ve expected journalists and activists to react to this shooting in this manner — they are a disingenuous crowd.